[W126 Coupe] Penta Tyre Size & Springs

[Dick Spellman]

Mike, ehhhh. You may be right Mike!  I did put in new shocks at the
same time and may be confusing the springs with the shocks.  Carl and
Steve at BergWerks set the whole thing up and it was in 2002.  Fairly
obvious my memory is not that good on this subject and I kept no
notes.
So Jay, you may have already figured things out but, please take into
account the shock type too.  Thanks Mike for catching the faux pas.

Regards,
Dick

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Mike R. <mramay at att.biz> wrote:

> "Comfort" springs? Thought I remembered that there is only one type of H&R

> lowering springs but the Bilstein shocks can be Comfort or Sport. I agree

> that a set of H&Rs with new Comfort (stock) Bilstein shocks provides a

> SIGNIFICANT improvement in the suspension.

>

> Later,

> Mike Ramay

> (702) 494-8056

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Spellman" <dick.spellman at gmail.com>

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> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:42 AM

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Penta Tyre Size & Springs

>

>

>> Hi Jay,

>>

>> I'd go for H&R 'comfort' if they are still available.  I've driven my

>> friends SEC with H&R 'sport' springs and Penta 16's... it rides like a

>> rock.  That's why I chose 'comfort'.  With the comfort you get great

>> handling and flat cornering without the harsh ride IMHO.  I suppose

>> track driving may be a different story.

>>

>> Been running for 3-4 years now H&R Comforts with new rubber spring

>> pads corrected form factory spec so the nose is 1 inch lower than the

>> rear (said to be the correct rake) and  with Lorinser 18's with

>> correct offset and Pirelli somethings 275 rear and 255 or 265 front

>> with no spacers.  By the way, the alignment is within spec (caster,

>> camber and toe) all around as in even the rear wheels well after a bit

>> of extra fussing.

>>

>> Gansta lean noted a few years back was corrected with new rear

>> sub-frame bushings and the rubber diff mount replaced.  By the way the

>> 'gangsta' shows up upon lowering where the rear wheel opening to tire

>> distance is far more obvious.  It probably exists on many of these

>> older MB's but, no one really notices with factory springs.

>>

>> Regards,

>> Dick

>>

>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Jonathan Hodgman <blueridgemb at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>>>

>>> H&R is my pref'd.

>>>

>>> Jonathan

>>>

>>> Markus Meyer wrote:

>>>>

>>>> H&R or Eibach springs appear to be the two choices out there.

>>>>  Markus Meyer

>>>> mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com <mailto:mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>

>>>> www.meyerprobateproperties.com <http://www.meyerprobateproperties.com/>

>>>> Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

>>>> 484-919-9762

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>   -------- Original Message --------

>>>>   Subject: [W126 Coupe] Penta Tyre Size & Springs

>>>>   From: "Jay Manek" <jaymanek at hotmail.com>

>>>>   Date: Mon, November 10, 2008 7:17 am

>>>>   To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>>>>

>>>>   Hi All...

>>>>       I have found some wide body specific AMG Pentas..

>>>>   Sizes are :

>>>>   Front : 9J x 16, et 0

>>>>   Rears : 10J x 16, et -12.7

>>>>   Can anyone tell me what the correct size of tyre is please?

>>>>       The car will be lowered too which brings me onto next question,

>>>>   what are considered the best lowering springs... apart from AMG

>>>>   which are hugely expensive...

>>>>       Many Thanks & Regards

>>>>       Jay Manek |  07716 349949

>>>>